When Rome is home

A few thunderclouds rolled into Rome today, which led to a down pour, which led to a hail storm, which forced me to duck inside one of our favorite drinking establishments, which led to an afternoon cocktail, and ultimately this here video.

April 19th, 2010 | Tags: 2010, gradine, hail storm, Italy, Roma, Rome | Category: 1 minute, Centro Storico, Rome, video | Comments (2)

The Spanish Steps are fun. But put them in reverse and I think you’ll agree they’re even funner.

April 15th, 2010 | Tags: in reverse, Italy, Rome, Spanish Steps | Category: 1 minute, Rome, video | Comments (1)

Although our pups typically receive just an empty cone after a visit to a gelateria, every once in a while we reward them with their very own frozen, creamy treat.
Here we’ve ordered a small portion of yogurt gelato split between two cups from our favorite place in Rome, Gelateria del Teatro. Enjoy the slo-mo [...]

March 22nd, 2010 | Tags: dogs, Gelateria del Teatro, gelato, ice cream, Italy, Rome | Category: Italy, Rome, dogs, food, video | Leave a comment

In experimenting with the Flip video camera, I’ve started shooting 1 minute clips of Rome. No editing. No panning. No movement other than the subject. And only natural, local sound.
I came across these pigeons in Campo dei Fiori — after the fruit and vegetable vendors had left, but before any serous clean-up had begun. [...]

March 18th, 2010 | Tags: Campo dei Fiori, ciambelle, Italy, piccione, pigeons, Roma, Rome | Category: 1 minute, Campo dei Fiori, Rome, food, video | Comments (2)

A couple of weeks ago it snowed in Rome — perhaps as much as an inch in places. No big whoop, eh?
But here it was a big whoop since this city hasn’t seen snow since 1986. And the place to head that morning was the Pantheon — to see the flakes fall through the oculus [...]

February 24th, 2010 | Tags: 1986, 2010, Italy, oculus, Pantheon, Rome, snow, video | Category: Centro Storico, Rome, archeological sites, video | Comments (1)

December 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Christmas, Christmas tree, Italy, Natale, Piazza Venezia, Rome | Category: Centro Storico, Italy, Rome | Leave a comment

I found these these fiendish treats terrorizing a tray of marzipan fruit while walking past a pasticceria in Rome. Of course the spookiest thing they’ll do to you is rot the teeth right out of your head.

October 28th, 2009 | Tags: Halloween, Italy, pasticceria, Rome, spooky treats | Category: Italy, Rome, food | Comments (1)

Just east of the Tiber, and south of Circus Maximus, is the Aventine Hill — one of the famed seven hills that made up ancient Rome.
And on that hill is a walled garden whose large green heavy door is perpetually closed and locked. But if you bend down and peer through the keyhole you’ll get [...]

October 19th, 2009 | Tags: Aventine Hill, Giardino degli Aranci, Italy, keyhole, Orange Orchard, Rome, St. Peter's dome | Category: Italy, Rome | Comments (2)

Recently the travel section of the New York Times in their Globespotters blog posted a piece on the small fountains (fontanelle) that dot Rome. They number in the thousands and provide a never-ending supply of running cold and safe drinking water for the masses (locals, tourists, and pups, alike).
The one nifty thing the article [...]

October 16th, 2009 | Tags: ACEA, aqueduct, dogs, fontanelle, fountains, Italy, map, nasoni, New York Times, Rome, water | Category: Rome, dogs | Leave a comment